The Crime Shack Podcast

The Crime Shack Podcast

The Crime Shack is a podcast created and hosted by Michelle Pense, that dives into the details of various crime cases that have occurred around the world. The Crime Shack provides factual information on each case, as well as personal perspective and commentary. (Content may contain elements that are not suitable for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast and on our website are our own and do not represent that of law enforcement or any other person involved or otherwise in the case. We make every effort to ensure that the information we are sharing is accurate, however, we do not claim to be experts, and have no personal affiliations with anyone in our episodes unless explicitly expressed otherwise.)

Episodes

February 19, 2024 27 mins

In the tranquil setting of Lake Oconee, Georgia, the peaceful existence of Russell and Shirley Dermond was violently disrupted by a sinister act that baffled investigators and sent shockwaves through the community. Picture this: a quiet lakeside home, a retired couple enjoying their golden years. But in 2014, their serene life took a dark turn when Russell was found decapitated and Shirley was nowhere to be found.  Was it a targete...

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In September of 2016, California tech-businessman and father of one, Greg Mulvihill, was shot after being lured to a dark, secluded California trail. The subsequent and shocking investigation into the shooting began to peel back layers of deception, exposing a sinister plot, plagued by manipulation and treachery.

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April 1, 2023 41 mins

On April 11, 1981, a mother and two teenage boys were found brutally murdered in their cabin at the Keddie Resort, in the small town of Keddie, California. The woman's youngest daughter was missing and presumed abducted from the scene, until a shocking discovery three years later.  

The investigation into what became known as the "Keddie Cabin Murders" has been marked by a series of missteps and controversie...

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March 15, 2023 45 mins

The Eastburn family murders was a case that shocked the community of Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1985. On the morning of May 9, 1985, the wife and two daughters of military Captain Gary Eastburn were found brutally murdered in their home. The lone survivor of the tragedy, the Eastburns’ 21 month old baby, was left in her crib, unharmed.

Investigators discovered that Gary Eastburn had been away on a military training ex...

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January 3, 2023 43 mins

During the early morning hours of July 20, 2016 the body of Craig Rideout was found in a wooded field in Yates County, New York. His remains were wrapped in a tarp, and his face and hands had been disfigured by some kind of caustic chemical in order to mask his identity. 

Investigators were baffled as to who would want to murder this father of seven, but numerous missteps from the suspects would lead them directly back to Craig’s ow...

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September 17, 2022 37 mins

In 2007, a Texas single mother of two is told that her 4-year-old daughter has been viciously assaulted and murdered in her own home.  When she finds out who the perpetrator of this heinous atrocity is, she is faced with the choice of forgiveness or the loss of both of her children.

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September 3, 2022 44 mins

In 1983, an accusation was made by the parent of a toddler who attended a Southern California preschool. That single accusation launched an investigation that resulted in hundreds of children bringing accusations of abuse and satanic rituals against the small family-run business.

The controversial case and ensuing trials would go down as one of the longest and most expensive criminal investigations in American history.  We...

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On Labor Day, 2012, a vicious neighborhood feud over a missing birthday present led to the brutal massacre of two people in a quiet Florida community. 

Were relentless months of taunts and bullying a sufficient reason to invoke Florida's Stand Your Ground Law, or was it cold-blooded premeditated murder?


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August 6, 2022 38 mins

In 2011, Josh Hilberling fell to his death from his 25th-floor apartment in Tulsa Oklahoma.  Digging into Josh and his wife Amber's volatile relationship would lead investigators to question whether or not this was simply an accident, or if it was murder.

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In July 2021, Chandler Halderson of Wisconsin filed a missing person's report for his parents: 50-year-old Bart Halderson and 53-year-old Krista Halderson.  He told authorities that on July 2, 2021, his parents had been picked up by unknown "friends" before they headed to a rustic cabin three hours away. They never returned.  It wasn't long before Chandler's story began falling apart, and his intricate web ...

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8 year old Cherish Perrywinkle went shopping with her mom Rayne and two younger sisters at a Florida Walmart on June 21, 2013, when they were approached by a seemingly generous stranger. Within a couple of hours, surveillance video would show Cherish walking out of Walmart with the stranger, never to be seen alive again.

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June 24, 2022 38 mins

On July 16, 2011, troubled teen Tyler Hadley threw the "party of the year" in Port St. Lucie Florida.  About a hundred attendees showed up at the Hadley home to drink, do drugs and party through the night and until the early morning hours.

Unbeknownst to the partygoers, just hours earlier Tyler had bludgeoned his parents to death...and their bodies were still in the house.

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June 10, 2022 45 mins


“Somebody came in, they broke in and just stabbed me and my children!” 

On June 6, 1996, Darlie Routier and her two sons, Devon and Damon, were attacked by an unknown intruder in the middle of the night.  Darlie's husband Darin and her infant son Drake were asleep upstairs at the time, and were unharmed. 

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Within a span of 10 days, 21 men, women and children were murdered in New York and Texas by two lone gunmen.  Following these massacres, there is shock, horror, public outcry, and even worse, a resolve and hopelessness that this has become our reality.
Numerous research and studies have been done to try to answer why these mass shootings occur, but tragically nothing is ever done to prevent them from happening.

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On Mother's Day 2020, 49-year-old Suzanne Morphew went for a bike ride in Salida, Colorado, and never returned. She was reported missing, and the investigation that proceeded over the next two years appeared to point to a clear cause for her disappearance; but digital and vehicle forensic technology, sketchy politics, and a chipmunk alibi put doubt in authority's assumptions about what had actually happened to Suzanne.

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In 1996, an American lawyer who had a reputable and prominent career, and an enviable life, was accused of murdering his former lover, 30 year old Anna Marie Fahey. 
The headline-making trial that ensued,  weaved a tale of politics, wealth, arrogance, and family betrayal, and rocked the state of Delaware.

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April 1, 2022 31 mins

Respected Utah doctor Martin MacNeill was seemingly a good father to his eight children, but when his wife Michele suddenly died in 2007, an investigation into the death uncovered a web of lies and a hidden life that had spun out of control.

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On the early morning of July 5, 2005, as the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Brilliance of the Seas was on its Mediterranean voyage, newlywed George Allen Smith mysteriously plunged from the balcony of Stateroom 9062, never to be seen again. As the investigation into George’s disappearance ramped up, homicide was suspected.

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March 3, 2022 37 mins

Two men broke into the Caffey family home in Alba Texas on March 1, 2008 and went on a murderous rampage that left two young children and their mother dead. The investigators, and the father who survived the tragic event, were shocked when they learned who orchestrated and planned the horrendous killing spree.

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January 31, 2022 28 mins

In June 2015, holistic medicine physician Teresa Sievers was attacked and brutally murdered in her Bonita Springs Florida home. Who would want to kill a successful doctor was a mystery to authorities, until the plot to murder her was uncovered, and the shocking mastermind behind it was revealed.

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